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gest.

A story or adventure; a verse or prose romance.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/d͡ʒɛst/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. A story or adventure; a verse or prose romance.

    archaic · countable · uncountable
  2. An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony.

    archaic · countable · uncountable
  3. Bearing; deportment.

    archaic · countable · uncountable
  4. A gesture or action.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle French geste. Doublet of jest.

noun/d͡ʒɛst/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. Alternative form of gist (“a stop for lodging or rest in a journey, or the place where this happens; a rest”).

    alt-of · alternative · obsolete
Where this word comes from

A variant of gist (“resting-place”).

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